ed henry is live in the windy city. aides say the president want to do talk about the economy, but he could not go to his hometown and not talk about guns, ed. >> that's right. that's why he wove it into his entire speech. it was supposed to be a speech about the building the middle class, following on that state of the union speech earlier in the week. but the parents of the 15-year-old girl who just a few weeks ago was at the president's inaugural parade, then gunned down here in the streets of chicago, gang related violence, her parents were here and what the president tried to do was to say this is not just about gun control. it's about a lot more. take a listen. >> as the son of a single mom who gave everything she had to raise me with the help of my grandparents, i turned out okay. but at the same time, i wish i had had a father who was around and involved. loving, supportive parents. and by the way, that's all kinds of parents. that includes foster parents and that includes grandparents and extended families, inc